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Also known as New Bays Theater

Bays Theater

Blackwell, OK
Blackwell, OK, United States
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Status: Closed
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Unknown
Function: Unknown
Seats: 1063
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Boller Brothers
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The Bays Theater was opened in 1920 as a silent film theater with music being provided by a live pianist.
Contributed by Lauren Grubb


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According to one source I've read, this theater may also have had a "Reproduco", which was an automatic pipe organ/piano combination type instrument. These are very collectable instruments nowadays.
posted by MikeR. on Feb 9, 2007 at 8:29am
A most handsome theatre inside and out. To see vinatge photos of the Bays go to this site and type in word 'bays', then search . . .
http://okhistory.cuadra.com/starweb3/b.archives/servlet.starweb3?path=b.archives/STARArchives.public.web
posted by Cosmic Ray on Aug 12, 2007 at 7:17pm
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